Culturally Responsive Teaching
Best Practices Share Out

Culturally Responsive Teaching Best Practices Share-Out

Session 3: 1:00pm-1:50pm| Room 205

In this session we will discuss what is culturally responsive teaching and why it is important to our institution, as an Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). We will also share our current practices as well as allow participants to share what they are doing in their own classrooms.

Presenters:

Yezenia Lopez, is an academic advisor and adjunct faculty member with over 4 years of experience working in higher education. Some of the courses that she has taught include general psychology, First-Year Experience, and ECE courses in Spanish. She is currently the Co-chair of the Hispanic Association in Higher Education (HAHE).

Jennifer Wallace-Johnson is a longtime Springfield Technical Community College employee who has served in roles within Campus Safety, Student Support Services, and Academic Affairs. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Social Work, as a co-chair of the Hispanic Association in Higher Education at STCC, and a Board of trustee at the Martin Luther King Charter School of Excellence in Springfield, MA.

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